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wheat vs durum wheat

durum wheat vs wheat

wheat and durum wheat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wheat Yes No No No
durum wheat Yes No No No
As nouns, durum wheat is a hyponym of wheat; that is, durum wheat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wheat:
  • wheat: annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
  • durum wheat: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
Other hyponyms of wheat include durum, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, soft wheat, common wheat, Triticum aestivum, spelt, Triticum aestivum spelta, Triticum spelta, emmer, starch wheat, Triticum dicoccum, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum dicoccoides, wild emmer, wild wheat.
wheat (noun) durum wheat (noun)
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
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